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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case helped structure a recent securitization for Rosbank to achieve a rating higher than that of the originator. The Eurobond backed by credit card receivables won a B-plus rating, a level higher than that assigned to the parent bank thanks to the negation of Russian currency risk and a solid security package to protect investors.

Japanese issuers must overhaul their reporting practices to avoid the attention of increasingly intolerant regulators intent on improving investor confidence. Andrew Crooke reports

In an attempt to increase certainty for investors in emerging market debt, trade bodies have endorsed a standard form of collective action clauses (CACs) governed by English law.

Almost 2,500 lawyers from around the world converged on Auckland last month at the International Bar Association's annual conference to discuss various issues facing the profession. One of the themes to emerge from the conference was the level of concern and attention that in-house and private practice lawyers are paying to governance standards and market reputations - both within corporates and at law firms. The profession is having to face up to potentially wide-ranging implications for its own behaviour and liabilities

A withholding tax exemption for UK and US financial institutions that provide debt finance to Australian companies is a welcome advantage in a market where more and more issuers are raising funds offshore. Teresa Dyson and Anna-Maria Stephens explain

The tightening of controls in the financial sector has prompted money launderers to seek other methods for concealing the origin of proceeds of crime. In particular, there is a trend towards the increased use by money launderers of non-financial business.

The scope of Islamic financing has expanded in Europe with the first Sharia-compliant leveraged buyout.

Data privacy is often forgotten during mergers and acquisitions, exposing buyers and sellers to private claims as well as public penalties. Wim Nauwelaerts explains

Brazil hopes that a new law on public-private partnerships will help pay for improvements in areas such as energy production and transport. Andréa Arean Oncala explains

Two energy industry cases have set a debtor’s right to disavow contracts against the desire of regulators to protect consumers. By Joseph Smolinsky